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LB Andrew Sweat (2011-12 B1G Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winner)

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Sweat won't play against Ohio
Williams appears to be ready to go this week, but Sam linebacker Andrew Sweat may have to miss the game with a lingering injury from a physical win over the ?Canes.

?The only guy that has a chance of being held out on a residual from Saturday is Andrew Sweat,? OSU Head Coach Jim Tressel said Thursday during his week-ending press conference.

Tressel said that Sweat probably should have come out of the game against Miami, but kept telling the coaching staff he was ?all right.? Tressel wouldn?t give the nature of the injury, except to say that it was not related to the surgically repaired knee that cost Sweat the second half of last season.
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http://www.theozone.net/football/2010/Ohio/sweatout.html
 
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k2onprimetime;1795457; said:
I wanna give some credit to Andrew. To be honest once Ross got hurt i thought we were screwed. Andrew stepped up and made some plays, even though we didnt win I thought he played good.
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CentralMOBuck;1795479; said:
I thought Newsome (#55) and Sweat both played really well.
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Taosman;1795506; said:
Clearly, Sweat is gonna be a good one. He looks so smooth out there.
Newsome is too early to tell. He got caught out of position a few times and has much to learn.
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Sweat payed much better after he switched to Will. In fact, he probably played better than Homan did when he was in there.
He was non-existant as the Sam.
We were gitting killed when he was in at Sam because he was so easily blocked by their TE.
Next year it will be interesting to see who plays where.
 
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NightmaresDad;1795740; said:
Sweat payed much better after he switched to Will. In fact, he probably played better than Homan did when he was in there.
He was non-existant as the Sam.
We were gitting killed when he was in at Sam because he was so easily blocked by their TE.
Next year it will be interesting to see who plays where.
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When are people going to understand that the SLB is all about the TE if he is in the game??? Sweat is not going to be as active as a WLB the way our D is setup. For a first year starter Sweat has and is doing his job. I agree about next year also I could see Sweat at WLB!!!
 
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Sweat did well for a guy that didn't get a ton of 1st team reps in practice. He does well in pass coverage, could be a bit stouter against the run. He did have a very nice 1v1 tackle on Clay on a crucial third down.
 
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Master of versatility
Andrew Sweat adapts to whatever linebacker spot he is assigned
Friday, October 22, 2010
By Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Andrew Sweat probably took the loss last week at Wisconsin as hard as any Ohio State player. It was just difficult to tell, considering the way he has been smiling as OSU prepares for a home game Saturday against Purdue.

"You just have to have a short-term memory, and we have to finish out the season well," Sweat said. "I think everyone is hungry and realizes that there's still a lot of games to be played, and a lot can happen."

Compared with his plight this time a year ago, when Sweat underwent knee surgery to have a torn anterior cruciate ligament repaired, what's not to smile about?

"After you tear your ACL, you don't know what to expect. Is your career over? What's going to happen?" Sweat said. "But Dr. (Chris) Kaeding is a great doctor. I rehabbed really hard. Ultimately I wanted to get to this point, and luckily I've been able to."

It even could be argued that Sweat is now the most valuable linebacker on the team, considering his versatility. In preseason camp he was thrust into the mix at strong-side linebacker, and he won the job.

"I'd never played (strong side) before, so it is definitely different, being on the ball, you have to be great with your hands, you have to be fast," Sweat said. "(It) is a lot different from middle linebacker, but I was more than willing to play it whatever is best for the team."
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http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2010/10/22/master-of-versatility.html?sid=101
 
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Ohio State: Sweat's study habits are paying off (with video)
Published: Friday, October 22, 2010
By John Kampf
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COLUMBUS ? Filling time can be a tough thing to do when sitting out with an injury.

Andrew Sweat made good use of his time recovering from a torn anterior cruciate ligament last fall. He studied.

More specifically, he studied fellow linebacker Ross Homan.

"Ross is patient," Sweat said. "When he sees it, he just attacks. He always an understanding of formations. He's cerebral, and so is B-Rolle (Brian Rolle)."

The study sessions paid off. With Homan sustaining an apparent sprained foot in last week's 31-18 loss to Wisconsin, Sweat has been summoned to change positions for this week's game against visiting Purdue and take the place of the player he spent so much time studying.

With Homan, Ohio State's leading tackler, out, the 6-foot-2, 238-pound product of Trinty (Pa.) High School will slide over from his normal starting position at Sam linebacker to Homan's Will spot.

It should be a seamless transition for Sweat. Not only did he play Will during his first two years at Ohio State, he also played a majority of last Saturday's game at Camp Randall Stadium at Will when Homan exited the game.

He finished with eight tackles and an interception, which he returned 18 yards.

"I feel more comfortable (at Will)," Sweat said. "I played middle linebacker in high school. They asked me to move to Sam this year. ... I'll do whatever is best for the team."

Although Sweat did not come out and say it, the way he talked left the impression the Sam linebacker spot doesn't present enough action for him.

His season statistics would back that up, too. Through seven games as the starting Sam linebacker, Sweat has 16 tackles, and half of them came last week in Wisconsin. The other eight stops were spread out over the first six games.

"At Sam," Sweat explained, "you leverage the ball a lot and you don't make a lot of plays. You force it back to the Mike (Rolle) and Will (Homan).

"The Will, you're pretty much a middle linebacker. The D-linemen pretty much eat up the blocks and give you a chance to make more plays."
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http://news-herald.com/articles/2010/10/22/sports/nh3192062.txt
 
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Brandon Castel on Andrew Sweat in "10 Things We Learned" after the Purdue game:

10. Sweat is going to be a player. There is no way that losing Ross Homan, the team's leading tackler, makes this Ohio State defense better, but it could make Andrew Sweat better. The junior from Pennsylvania looked a little lost at the Sam linebacker spot after beating out Etienne Sabino during fall camp, but he has proved in the last two weeks that he is much better as a Will linebacker. He seemed to always be around the ball last week after taking over for Homan and this week served as his coming out party. He led the Buckeyes with eight tackles and added 2.5 tackles for loss as the most productive member of the defense. Every year it seems like one linebacker starts to emerge before becoming the star of next year's defense, and this year that guy appears to be Sweat.

http://www.the-ozone.net/football/2010/Purdue/postgame/10things.html
 
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Meet a Buckeye: Andrew Sweat
Friday, November 12, 2010
By Ken Gordon
The Columbus Dispatch

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We can all understand golfing as a football player's hobby. That's pretty typical for an athlete, and Andrew Sweat loves to chase the little white ball when he's not playing linebacker for Ohio State.

But one of Sweat's other favorite pastimes might come as a surprise. That, and the experience of living with quarterback Terrelle Pryor, are contained in our chat:

Q: What was it like growing up in Washington, Pa.?

A: It's a small town, so there was a lot of camaraderie, and everyone is close. You know everyone you grew up with and went to high school with. I enjoyed it.

Q: What's different about growing up in a small town?

A: You just learn to be humble and understand where you came from. There aren't as many distractions. And everyone knows everything. If you messed up, there was drama. But when you did something good, like get offered by Ohio State, everyone is excited about it, so that was neat.

Q: Your dad (Gary) played for Syracuse (lettering from 1971 to '73). Did you ever consider going there?

A: Growing up, I was a huge fan, but more so for basketball, and maybe (QB Donovan) McNabb. But when I was getting recruited, they weren't so great in football.


Q: Did dad ever show you memorabilia and stuff from his playing days?

A: No, he was pretty low-key. He had a chance to play for the Kansas City Chiefs after he graduated, but he opted to go to law school, instead. The pros weren't getting paid much back then. He's a lawyer now, so there aren't many regrets.

Q: So you love to golf?

A: That's pretty much my getaway. Anytime I have free time, I go over to the OSU course and play or hit balls. Terrelle and I were roommates until this past summer, and we used to always go hit balls together.

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http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/buckeyextra/stories/gameday/2010/week11/meet.html
 
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